Construction Material

When working on a project, no matter what it is, I have found that the most important accessory you can carry with you is a good cold beer. Being a home brewer, I prefer whatever it is I have in the keg. Today, it is SJB2 Honey&Spice Beer. It is one of my favorite recipes and is one of the beers on which I regularly get good reviews from friends.

I am writing about it now because, after many weeks, I finally have this beer pressurized to the right amount. It has been waaaay too foamy and it requires several days of fidgeting with the pressure to get the balance correct. One must also sample the results of the fidgeting and then fidget some more to make the required adjustamencations.

Anyway, the result is this nearly perfect pour which I offer in photographic evidence. Now all I need is a project to work on. Fortunately, there are plenty of those.

Finish Work 01

Now that we are getting down to the Finishing Work of our project, we spent a few days trying to decide how exactly to proceed. We are down to painting the walls, wallpapering the bedroon ceiling and sanding the floor. After that, it's trim work, touch up and we're done.

We didn't know whether we should sand the floors first or paint first. If we sand first, then we don't get all that sanding dust covering the newly painted walls. If we paint first, then we can be sloppy about the painting, letting stuff drip and drizzle where it may, and then wipe down the walls with a vaccuum and tack clothe after the sanding.

We chose the latter and I think it was the right choice.

We began painting the bedroom yesterday and it looks great! I'm going to get the second coat up tonight and in the next couple of days while Susan works on some of the wood trim around the doors.

In the meantime, I have posted some pictures that show a progression of one of the bedroom corners.

We've come a loooooong way, Baby!